Parents who went to overnight camp as a child can always tell you a cherished story they still remember in exact detail. To them memories of summer camp are lifelong reminders of experiences with a lifetime's worth of value.
Few places on earth can provide a child with opportunities for never ending daily fun the way the best camps can. All of that great fun would be reason enough for anyone to want to be at an overnight camp, but summer camp offers much more to a child's life, whether it's a nature camp or animal camp or a science camp or a nonspecific resident camp.
Children's camps are healthy places to be. Physical exercise is a natural part of a healthy child's life, and camp is a natural provider of constant, safe exercise. The overnight camper's intellect and imagination get plenty of exercise as well.
Summer camp offers a wonderful chance for kids to learn the skills of social interaction in a more creative and independent way than school settings allow. Guided by capable adult friends and role models called counselors, campers get an independent chance to apply what they have been taught at home in a larger world. If a summer camp is a coed camp, there is even more opportunity for kids to learn how to relate with members of the other gender as friends and equals.
Campers grow into themselves, setting newer and higher standards for their own behavior. The kids camp daily context is activities that encourage perseverance, listening skills, teamwork, and the ability to recognize similarities and appreciate differences in each individual. Self discovery becomes a lifelong habit.
Jeff and Lonnie Lorenz, directors of Wisconsin's Swift Nature Camp for over a decade, see summer camp as a fresh opportunity for self perception: "Summer camp is an opportunity for each child to come to a new place and try new things and make new friends. Everyone starts on equal footing with a chance to just be oneself. Summer camp is a new beginning, and that's a good thing.
Few places on earth can provide a child with opportunities for never ending daily fun the way the best camps can. All of that great fun would be reason enough for anyone to want to be at an overnight camp, but summer camp offers much more to a child's life, whether it's a nature camp or animal camp or a science camp or a nonspecific resident camp.
Children's camps are healthy places to be. Physical exercise is a natural part of a healthy child's life, and camp is a natural provider of constant, safe exercise. The overnight camper's intellect and imagination get plenty of exercise as well.
Summer camp offers a wonderful chance for kids to learn the skills of social interaction in a more creative and independent way than school settings allow. Guided by capable adult friends and role models called counselors, campers get an independent chance to apply what they have been taught at home in a larger world. If a summer camp is a coed camp, there is even more opportunity for kids to learn how to relate with members of the other gender as friends and equals.
Campers grow into themselves, setting newer and higher standards for their own behavior. The kids camp daily context is activities that encourage perseverance, listening skills, teamwork, and the ability to recognize similarities and appreciate differences in each individual. Self discovery becomes a lifelong habit.
Jeff and Lonnie Lorenz, directors of Wisconsin's Swift Nature Camp for over a decade, see summer camp as a fresh opportunity for self perception: "Summer camp is an opportunity for each child to come to a new place and try new things and make new friends. Everyone starts on equal footing with a chance to just be oneself. Summer camp is a new beginning, and that's a good thing.
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About the authors: Jeff and Lonnie Lorenz are the directors of Swift Nature Camp in Minong, Wisconsin. This is a non-competetive, traditional coed overnight summer camp where children ages 6-15 enjoy playing in nature, caring for animals and learning science. Learn more about Swift Camp at Wisconsin Summer Camp. Click here for article submissions.
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